Okay only 5 more now. Sorry for not updating over the last few days; I've been quite lazy.

The next five to sign up are in, and any after that will be reserves. I won't be online starting Friday, or maybe sooner, so please consider yourself in if you are one of the first 5 to join. Games will not start until at least January 6. Freemiums--you have until then to clear a spot. This is your only warning, and you will only be given 24 (48 if I'm feeling generous) hours to join the games.

Again, if I don't get a chance to get online on Christmas Day, or the day after, then the first two to post here shall be considered in, and any others will be reserves. I'll take as many reserves as I can get, just in case.

Merry Christmas!

*EDIT* DJ Teflon, you're already in! I was just lining up the games, and I saw your name in it. I'm glad I caught it now, so I didn't start with 35 players....

By the way, I would recommend checking the periodic lists for your name and to make sure everything is spelled correctly and all. It would be bad if I sent a game invitation to the wrong person! Let me know if I made a mistake.

I hope everybody had a good vacation and holiday season, and good luck in these first round games. You will have until 12 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday to join, so please join quickly.

I assigned continents by using the player order on the previous posts and random.org's sequence generator, which randomized the list, which I then split into six sections, arbitrarily assigning continents. Here we go:

*Obligatory post to keep thread from drowning to the bottom of the board.

Well, I've learned my lesson. World 2.1 is way too big to do a tournament game, especially with the settings for this tournament. Anyway, the third final game is ongoing, so, only one more final game, then maybe a tiebreaker, and it'll be over!